Rev. Ethan Smith of Belchertown graduated at Dartmouth in 1790 and was pastor of the church in Haverhill, N.H, from January 25, 1792 to June 23, 1799. He was installed at Hopkinton, N.H. March 12, 1800 and continued pastor of that church till December 16, 1817. He was pastor of a church in Hebron, N.Y. from December 1817 to August, 1821 and at Poultney, Vt. from November, 1821 to December, 1826. He was installed pastor of this church May 16, 1827 and dismissed January 12, 1832, After this he was city missionary in Boston and was variously employed in ministerial labors till near the time of his death. He died at the house of his son-in-law in Boylston, August 29, 1849, in the 87th, year of his age. He married Bathsheba, daughter of Rev. David Sanford of Medway, by whom he had ten children. His dismissions and removals to new fields of labor were rendered necessary in consequence of his need of a larger salary to support his numerous family, He was a man of talent and of genuine piety. He devoted much time to the study of the prophecies and published a Key to Revelation, a Dissertation on Prophecies, Lectures on Baptism, A View of the Hebrews, besides several sermons and tracts.